Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-02-25
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
Farm and Garden Notes.

used often as a wash 10 coops,
perches and nest boxes. Sprinkle
the places most frequented by
them with air-slacked lime.
Kerosene will cure the scaly
legs on fowls. Annoint The legs
once a week with kerosene for
three or four weeks and the legs
will become perfectly clean.
Sheep will eat more, be more
contented and thrive better on a
new than an old range. Frequent
change of range for them is I'M
portant at this season of the
year.
Instead of selling old cast iron
at half a cent per pound, place
small pieces near the roots. of
grapes, currants, gooseberries and
fruit trees. 1t is very beneficial.
A good way to kill out sorrel is
to salt the sheep on ii. Care
should be taken never to allow the
sorrel to seed, as it can be carried
to other points in the manure.
Do not sacrifice your best
lambs and ewes because the butch
er offers an extra price, but retain
them for breeding purposes, first
securing pure bred male for
grading up.
Cooking feed for stock is sub
ject much discussed at present,
and as good authority as Professor
Stewart is reported as advocating
it for all kinds OF domestic ami
mails.
This is the season when the
horses legs should be well looked
after. On returning from a mud
dy drive wash them and at once
dry thoroughly by gentle rub
bing.
Although large tree can be
transplanted to a new location, yet
twill not grow as rapidly nor as
large as one that has occupied the
same place since it sprung from
the tree.
Use the SCOT from the stovepipes
and chimneys. 1t Is excellent
for flowers and young plants Mix
it with water, about peck Of
SCOT to barrel of water, and APP
ply with a watering pot.
Cider vinegar may be quickly
made, when the cider is pure, by
removing the latter to a high tenn
perature and pouring from one
barrel to another, to bring 1t into
more direct contact with the air.
A French horticulturist, NJ.
Noble, has found that the seeds of
the finest variety of grapes ger
inmate more quickly than those
of commoner sorts, and that seeds
fresh from the fruit terminate
better than those which have
been dried.
ssOf the varieties of ducks the Pc
kin stand confinement best, but
they are not as tame as the COM
mon kinds. They grow very
large, often reaching eight or nine
pounds each, and yield feathers of
white color and equal to those
of the goose.
The nearer the freezing point
the cellar can be maintained with
out actually endangering the
stored fruit the better for apples.
Heat and light do more damage
than cold. Alternate freezing and
thawing will soon destroy fruit
and vegetables.
An exchange advises planting
peach trees closely, not over
twelve to fourteen feet apart, and
cutting back strong and putting
only planted crops among them for
ayear or two, and then giving the
ground to the orchard, keeping it
well cultivated.
The cherry is about the only
fruit tree which can be recon-
mended for shade in pasture along
roadsides, as the hardy varieties
of cherries are not affected by the
t1amping of stock or passing of
vehicles, which would prove inju-
rious to most other fruit trees.
Those who fed their cows liber-
ally during the drouth, are now
reaping the benefits. Cows that
are permitted to run down in milk |
are exceedingly hard to get back
to good flow. In most instances, |
however good the feed and how
much the quantity, the cows will |
not regain what has been lost
A North Carolina farmer has
silo built on top of the ground
OF heavy plank. 1t has double
walls four inches apart
filled with earth to exclude the
air. The ensilage is covered with
boards and the boards covered